History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley, by Merton Edwin Krug, Publ. February 1929 by the author. Printed by Democrat Printing Company, Madison, Wis., Page 381-382

We have seen how the earliest settlements at this point were made by men like Chancey P. LOGAN, R. B. BALCOME, S. N. KINSLEY, William PALMER and others.

After selling his village interests Mr. PALMER moved to a farm three miles west of Loganville where he afterward resided. In 1861, in company with James MACKEY, he built a gristmill at the village, but within a year sold to his partner. It is interesting to record that the sale was necessary because of the adverse attitudes of the two men on the subject of slavery. Mr. PALMER was a staunch abolitionist, while the other was a Northerner in sympathy with the South.

The first store in the village was kept by A. D. GIBSON, but within a short time the NEWELL brothers, Elihu and Eleazer, opened another. Their store was located in a building erected by LOGAN and KINSLEY, the latter two having given them the use of it free, in hope that a store would encourage settlers to locate there. Elihu NEWELL's wife was a sister of John M. STEWART, previously mentioned. Her father, Andrew STEWART, came to Loganville with them and died there. Eleazer NEWELL had a daughter Emma who married Thomas HILL, and James H. HILL, retired county judge, is her son.

During the early years the manufacturing of farm wagons was an important industry in the village. The first shops were run by A. LENNOX and I. RICHARDS. Later Adam LEICHER opened one which he ran for many years.
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